Municipalities

Scientific Name

Kennedia prostrata

Family Name

FABACEAE (LEGUMINOSAE)

Common Name

Running Postman, Scarlet Coral-pea

Status

Height

branches 1.0m (100cm)

Flowers

Peaflowers red or, rarely, almost black. Solitary or two together.

Fruit

Seed pods

Form

Prostrate or twining

Municipalities

Break O'Day; Brighton; Burnie; Central Coast; Clarence; Devonport; Dorset; Flinders Island; Georgetown; Glamorgan-Spring Bay; Glenorchy; Hobart; Kentish; Kingborough; Latrobe; Launceston; Meander Valley; Northern Midlands; Southern Midlands; Tasman; Waratah-Wynyard; West Coast; West Tamar

Communities

Coastal Vegetation; Dry Eucalypt Forest and Woodland

Habitat Notes

Colonises bare ground after fire or disturbance. Frost tolerance depends on material source.

Site Tolerance

Dry; Moist; Rocky

Frost Tolerance

Soil Tolerance

Fertile; Loam; Poor; Sandy

General Notes

Koori use: stems were used for string. Suitable below powerlines.

Propagation Details

Propagation Calendar

Flowering Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Collecting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Sowing Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Cutting Months

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Seed Information

Seed Collection

Small black seeds in a long brown pod which turns brittle at seed maturity., and are released immediately

Seed Treatment Method

Hot water

Seed Storage Life

Viable Seeds Per Gram

Seed Treatment Notes

Germination Time

2-6 weeks

Suitable for Direct Seeding

Cuttings

Expected Time to Take Root

4-6 weeks

Expected Time to Plant Out

6 months

Propagation by Division N.B. Transplant only from nearby to avoid disease.

Cutting Notes

Easily propagated from cuttings.( Soft-stemmed cuttings have been struck in water. Cuttings between 250 and 300 mms were stripped of leaves on that part of the stem to be immersed, and from the part not immersed, only a few removed.(Eucryphia 3/98))